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Back on My Feet: Emotional Recovery From Fall Injury

13. august 2016 opdateret af: Nimali Jayasinghe, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
We will compare two programs that are designed to help older adults who have had fall injuries manage anxiety and improve their level of functioning. We expect that both programs will provide some benefit, but that one will promote better management.

Studieoversigt

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Fall accidents can be frightening experiences that cause life-changing injuries. Each year, millions of older Americans who fall may develop disabling anxiety and related distress, functional limitations, and poor health.

Our previous study adapted a well-researched anxiety treatment, Exposure-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ET), for older adults diagnosed with full posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), subsyndromal PTSD, or fear of falling after fall injury. The approach was well-accepted by subjects and they reported both reductions in anxiety and having more fully returned to normal living immediately after the treatment and then three months later.

The purpose of this pilot study is to compare ET to another active treatment, Relaxation Training (RT). Both study treatments will consist of eight home-based sessions. ET consists of education about anxiety, relaxation training, managing distressing thoughts, healthy routine, and confronting avoided memories and situations. RT consists of techniques to ease bodily tension.

Twenty-four subjects will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups. The study will compare how subjects in each group improve on outcomes such as diagnosis, anxiety severity, and quality of life over the course of treatment, and at three- and six-month follow-up.

The findings will provide the basis for larger future studies.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

22

Fase

  • Fase 2
  • Fase 1

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

    • New York
      • New York, New York, Forenede Stater, 10065
        • Weill Cornell Medical College

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

60 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 60 years and older
  • Fall accident requiring emergency room or inpatient hospital medical care with return home within past nine months
  • Community dwelling
  • Able to ambulate independently or with an assistive device
  • English-speaking
  • Diagnosis of PTSD, subsyndromal PTSD, or Fear of Falling (determined by interview)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairment
  • Serious or terminal illness
  • Aphasia
  • Current substance abuse
  • Lifetime history of psychotic disorder and/or bipolar disorder
  • Active suicidal or homicidal ideation
  • Prescription psychotropic medication begun < 6 weeks

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Enkelt

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Exposure-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ET)
Participants will receive exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy
Eight 75-minute, in-home sessions delivered twice weekly for 4 weeks of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy, a time-limited treatment that focuses on confronting avoided memories and situations and identifying and managing distressing thoughts.
Aktiv komparator: Relaxation Training (RT)
Participants will receive relaxation training
Eight 75-minute, in-home sessions delivered twice weekly for 4 weeks of Relaxation Training, that focus on muscle relaxation and diaphragmatic breathing to address the physical symptoms of anxiety.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Change from baseline clinician-rated PTSD at 6 weeks
Tidsramme: Baseline, Week 6
Baseline, Week 6

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tidsramme
Change from baseline fear of falling at 6 weeks
Tidsramme: Baseline, Week 6
Baseline, Week 6
Change from baseline depression at 6 weeks
Tidsramme: Baseline, Week 6
Baseline, Week 6
Change from baseline anxiety at 6 weeks
Tidsramme: Baseline, Week 6
Baseline, Week 6
Change from baseline self-reported PTSD at 6 weeks
Tidsramme: Baseline, Week 6
Baseline, Week 6

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Nimali Jayasinghe, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. december 2013

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. marts 2015

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. september 2015

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

22. november 2013

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

30. november 2013

Først opslået (Skøn)

3. december 2013

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

16. august 2016

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

13. august 2016

Sidst verificeret

1. august 2016

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

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